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A WRITER and FILMMAKER, with a Software habit I can't SEEM TO kick.
writing
I wrote thirty-thousand words about the LA Galaxy's 2014 and 2015 campaigns — which saw Landon Donovan's last game, an MLS championship, and a hundred champagne bottles sprayed all over the locker room afterward.
It was a big year. I got one of the corks.
But writing brought me to soccer, not the other way around. I've also penned short stories about commuting and open brainstorms about tech — along with more screenplays than you can stuff in a full-grain leather messenger bag.
"Stefan Ishizaki Won't Go Home" is a long form profile of a Swedish midfielder, who for a decade was haunted by one, recurring chant from the crowds: "Ishi längtar hem till A-I-K."
In "A Match Made in Angeles" I had my first chance to cover the unveiling of a fashion line. Part fly-on-the-wall, part critique, and entirely digestible.
"The Best Time to Jump the Gun" is a public brainstorm around one question: why release the Apple Watch now, before there's a killer use case?
Code + Design
In 2012 I spent two weeks learning Python and writing my first game — "A Guilty Conscience Teaches Typing," an interactive tale of infidelity via Mavis Beacon — and passed it out on USB sticks at GDC in San Francisco. Those sticks were passed along by hand, getting as far as London before I lost track of them.
Last year I designed a digital college planning service for a Santa Monica-based education startup. HiUni Reports are a powerful tool that treats college like an investment. You can check out the case study here, and a sample report here. We're currently scaling up to a version 2.0 that will serve thousands of students across Southern California.
More recently I learned Swift to build my first Apple Watch app. It's called Daily Press — AeroPress recipes for your wrist. The app's currently in beta, targeting a summer release.
Daily Press, coffee recipes for your wrist.
HiUni Reports, college planning that treats higher education as an investment.
film
Easily the capstone of my filmmaking career so far, Never was a three month trial-by-fire in the midst of Seattle's worst winter.
I landed a total stranger to the northwest — where I secured locations and housing, worked with the film board and Seattle PD to shut down streets, and kept a crew of thirty on a tight schedule. Never stars Zachary Booth and Zelda Williams, and is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit. Its international premiere was at the Torino Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
The trailer for Never, starring Zachary Booth & Zelda Williams, produced by Andrew Schmidt.